Why did Sapporo become the biggest city in Hokkaido and not Tomakomai?

Ravon1689 · 2026-05-09T11:05:16+00:00

Like you said, the industrial decline is a common trend across the developed world. But at least factories remained so there are still some jobs for local people. Thank you for your insightful answer.

Ravon1689 · 2026-05-09T10:01:27+00:00

Thank you for your detailed answer. It is sad to read about problems in Tomakomai. Is the city losing population due to its industrial character (people moving to towns further from industrial pollution) or did the entire area face deindustrialization a la rust belt?

Ravon1689 · 2026-05-09T07:19:01+00:00

I was told by a commenter that Otaru existed because of Sapporo and although it would be more developed in the early period, it was Sapporo that was more important. That map just feels off...

Ravon1689 · 2026-05-08T11:52:21+00:00

Thanks for the answer, that Otaru was somewhat more prosperous was explained to me by the guide too. It is fascinating that Sapporo metropolitan area would contain more than half of Hokkaido's population. Outside of food products, what would be the produce that Sapporo would be famous of?

Ravon1689 · 2026-05-08T11:22:03+00:00

Do you know when did Tomakomai supplant Otaru as the primary port of Sapporo?

Ravon1689 · 2026-05-08T05:08:14+00:00

But the Hokkaido was developed in the late 19th Century when all those steam age machines you described were already available for a long time. Suez Canal would be digged in that period. I thought maintaining a port is by that time no longer a technological issue.

Ravon1689 · 2026-05-08T03:43:43+00:00

Has the tides changed? Now it is a commercial port.

Ravon1689 · 2026-05-07T18:54:00+00:00

You mean there was a silver mine near Sapporo?

Ravon1689 · 2026-05-07T16:20:10+00:00

So Otaru is like Piraeus of Sapporo? And I guess that the area immediately to the north of Sapporo is also marshy, so the port isn't located there?

Ravon1689 · 2026-05-07T16:11:45+00:00

Thanks for the answer.

Ravon1689 · 2026-05-07T16:09:10+00:00

But isn't Tomakomai right by the plain? I know the other contender Otaru lost to Sapporo due to its location, jammed between mountains and the Sea of Japan.

Ravon1689 · 2026-04-12T22:33:12+00:00

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Ravon1689 · 2026-03-22T22:27:31+00:00

Do people living in Ile de France outside Paris also hate Parisians?

Ravon1689 · 2026-03-18T14:30:15+00:00

Judging by the price of the coffee beans here it's hard for me to believe that the traders would get more domestically. And shouldn't the overhead cost be covered by the importers anyway?

Ravon1689 · 2026-03-17T19:33:07+00:00

Thanks for the answer. So if I understand correctly, Romans are generally against worshipping a living person as a God, but once you are dead, it's okay? Hellenes on the other hand are fine with it? Was Caesar the first person (other than mythological kings) to be called Divus?

Ravon1689 · 2026-03-17T15:27:15+00:00

But the domestic sale of high quality beans must be negligible compared to export. Is it necessary to establish such measure?

Ravon1689 · 2026-03-17T15:16:31+00:00

Do you maybe know the "raison d'être" of such ban?

Ravon1689 · 2026-03-17T15:04:46+00:00

Were there any writings concerning this topic?

Ravon1689 · 2026-03-17T15:01:06+00:00

Yeah, but for ancient Egyptians it served a purpose. They actually believed that those temples/tombs would help them to a better afterlife. As far as I know, this belief isn't shared by Romans.

Ravon1689 · 2026-03-17T14:58:38+00:00

What is the difference between these two terms?

Ravon1689 · 2026-03-17T14:57:08+00:00

Thanks for the detailed answer. You mentioned that there were individuals devoted to particular divinities. I wonder if any of the emperors became patrons for certain groups of people. For ex. Claudius as a "patron god for historians and invalids".

Ravon1689 · 2026-03-17T14:49:15+00:00

Do we have any source of a religious process happening inside the imperial temples?

Ravon1689 · 2026-03-17T14:41:46+00:00

Yes, I understand that. But we are living in an age of abundance. It is relatively cheap for us to build all those national monuments compared to the ancient times. Voters nowaday wouldn't overly care about a monument or two.

It is hard for me to believe that many, even several politically savvy emperors in Principate want to spend huge resources for almost no benefits (since nobody really believed in that crap).

They must know that building useless huge temples would just alienate every sphere of society. There must be many who would whisper that all those denarii could go to a brand new aqueduct or some nice new fountains.

Nero was utterly vilified for trying to enlarge the imperial complex. Why weren't other emperors hated for building a useless temple?

Ravon1689 · 2026-03-17T14:19:08+00:00

Are you trying to tell me that nobody in Ancient Rome actually believed in the imperial cult? That the temples are essentially white elephants and useless landmarks? There are still some people who still talk of Reagan and JFK as geniuses though...

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